By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal, August 6, 2020: History was created in the Kandhamal district of Odisha when a local youth cracked the Union Public Service Commission examination of 2019. Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak, son of a teacher, was ranked 819 in the exam when the result was declared on August 4.Continue Reading
New Delhi, July 30, 2020: As many as 89 percent of NGOs surveyed for a study have said that trafficking of both adults and children for labor will be “one of the biggest threats” in the post-lockdown period as household incomes of the most vulnerable deplete. The study, conducted byContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, July 29, 2020: Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, head of the Catholic Church in Odisha, on July 29 congratulated a Catholic young woman from the eastern Indian state who has been named a member of the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group. “Climate change and globalContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, July 26, 2020: A parish in Goa on found a new way to celebrate Grandparents’ Day on July 26, the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, parent of the Blessed Virgin Mary. “Every year our catechism children with the help of the catechists used to celebrateContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, July 18, 2020: An online talent hunt organized by the Church in northeastern India has received an overwhelming response from the young people of the region, the organizers claim. The North East Regional Youth Council (NERYC), the regional youth wing of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference ofContinue Reading
Surat, July 12, 2020: A woman constable’s transfer for stopping a Gujarat legislator’s son and his two friends has triggered a massive controversy, with the episode being seen as the police buckling under political pressure. A probe has been ordered into the July 8 incident in Surat where Prakash, sonContinue Reading
Indore, July 9, 2020: Ordinarily parents provide their children a roof over their heads, but a footpath-dwelling couple in Indore has got a house thanks to the headline-grabbing success of their daughter in grade 10 exams. Bharti Khandekar, who lived with her parents and two younger brothers on a footpathContinue Reading
Kolkata, July 8, 2020: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she is “shocked” by the federal government’s decision to drop subjects like democratic rights, federalism and secularism from school syllabus. These chapters are removed from the Economics and Political Science syllabuses of grades 9 to 12 in all schoolsContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 8, 2020: A Salesian technical school has been awarded the best vocation training institute in Delhi. The award was set up by by Praxis Media, one of India leading media and marketing groups, in association with Education Connect that brings together hundreds of schools, thousands of programsContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Tiruchirappalli, July 6, 2020: Catholic bishops in Tamil Nadu have started an online program to provide career guidance to Dalit students in the southern Indian state. Although the Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council have conducted many career guidance programs in the past this is the first onlineContinue Reading
